Ventilating system



De. 11, 1934. WESLEY 1,984,294

VENTILATING SYSTEM Filed Sept 9, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet l ,DZZH. Wesle y,

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Dec. 11, 1934. D H WE LEY 1,984,294

VENTILATING SYSTEM Filed Sept. 9, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Dec. 11, 1934.

D. H. WESLE Y 1,984,294

VENTILATING SYSTEM 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Sept 9, 1931 De}! 1!. mwzeINVENTOR o ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 11 1934 Y,

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE f f 1,984,294 i A VENTILATING. SYSTEM DellH. Wesley, Mardela. Springs, Md. Application-September 9, 1931, SerialNo. 561,929

g 1 Claim. (01. 98- -33) This invention relates to ventilating systemsfor 1 carried within the housing 19,- provides a seat poultry and, otherhouses. e for the ventilating element per se and a guide'for An objectof the invention consists of ventithe depending portion of the shaft 22.A pulley lator elements which create draft action through wheel 26 iscarried upon the lowermost end. of the .i the walls of the buildingstructure commensurate shaft-22 and designed for drive connection withwith the temperature or degree of the sun ray either the armature shaftof a motoror a driven upon the exposed surface thereof. shaft 2'7 havinga power take-off mechanism 28 A further object of the inventioncontemplates for. the operation of machineryor the like inthe provisionand arrangement of flues or concidental to the maintenance of thepoultry house,

1 duits for conveying heated air from one floor of i. e., thepreparationof food stuffs and the like.

the buildirg to the other and to convey spent In extremely hot weatherit may be found necesor foul air through the roof structure of the saryto actuate the turbine by the motor in order building to the turbineventilating element. that ventilating of the poultry house will be ac-With the above and other objects in view, the celerated. inventionfurther consists of the following novel The sun actuated ventilatingelements, alluded features and details of construction, to be hereto" inthe foregoing, consist of members 29 of inafter more fully described,illustrated in the acsubstantially segment shape in cross sectionhavcompanying drawings and pointed out in the aping the side edgesthereof arranged flush with pended claims. the outer side of thebuilding structure adjacent In the drawings: the windows therefor. h 20Figure 1 is a side elevation of the self-ventilat- The ventilators 29,better illustrated in Figure ing poultry house. I 1, are disposed inspaced superposed relation with Figure 2 is a longitudinalsectionalviewtaken respect to one another, and exteriorly of the,

therethrough. dwelling. The upper ends of the ventilators 29 Figure 3 isa transverse sectional viewtaken are provided with an upper end wall ortop 30, 25 through the poultry house. sloped in a downward andoutwardinclined di- Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentarylongitudirection. The:front wall 29' is of substantially nalsectio'nal view taken through aportion of the segment shape in cross section and presents the buildingstructure and one of the sun actuated ventilators with an exposed outersurface for the ventilating elements. full benefit of the suns rays. Ofcourse, it will be 3 Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevation of the innerunderstood, in view of the configuration of the wall of the poultryhouse at right angles to the frontor outermost wall 29' of theventilator being Figure 4 illustration. of substantially segment form incross section, Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on line 66 and thespecific mounting or position of the of Figure 5. top 30', theventilators 29 are allowed to more 3 Referring to the drawings in detailwherein readily act in an efficient and satisfactory manlike charactersof reference denote correspondner to facilitate the admission of freshair, ining p e r e ence character 10 indicates duced in the lower openends 30 of each of the n r y a p ry h u of l ted contour ventilators 29,when the ventilators are subhaving a ma 1 a Second floor 12 and a jectedto the heat rays of the sun. The outer sub-roof 13 to define anunobstructed passageway and inner walls of the building or structure, at14 between the subroofin'g and the roof 15 proper, a point adjacent theauxmary ceiling 13 there for purgoses be git undifstood m the of, areprovided with transversely aligned comlowing escrip ion 0 emven.municating openings 31 whereby fresh air pass- A pit 16 is arrangedbelleath the l g: 11 ing upwardly through the ventilators 29, is perforthe purpose houstng 111.11 mitted to enter the interior of thestructure. The 31132 581 :52 5? 2585 fi fizg g :3 air entering thestructure through the open her 19 supported by and upstanding from theroof ends 31 ofeach of the ventilators 29, circulates 15 Carries anauxiliary partition 20 within the or travels downwardly between theouter and 50 top thereof including a sleeve 21 for journally mner Wallsand thence outwardly Wlthm the accommodating the shaft 22 of a turbineventilat- Structure F screens Screws 32 ing element 23. The latter is ofdrum formation cover auxlhary nss also p vl ed 1n the and provided withradially projecting and inner wall of the building structure forcomobliquely pitched vanes or fins 24. A spider 25, munication with thecompartments defined be- 55 tween the mentioned walls. Some of theconduits 33 project through the inner and outer walls of the buildingstructure and have their innermost ends spaced from the floor of theimmediate room whereas others, that is in the upper compartment or room,have their lowermost ends projected downwardly through the floor 12 toaccelerate the ventilating of the upper compartment more speedily thanthe lower compartment or floor, being that the heat will have a naturaltendency to rise and collect within the upper floor or compartment.These conduits 33 discharge a certain portion of the foul air within theventilators and partially mix with the fresh air prior to its entrancein the inlet openings 31 and the discharge thereof into the air space orcompartment 14. Elongated conduits 34, vertically disposed within thepoultry house having communication at their uppermost ends with thecompartment 14, are projected downwardly therefrom and extended throughthe floor 12 within the lower compartment or room, substantially asillustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings. These conduits havepassageways 35 in the walls thereof in communication with the roomsadjacent the ceilings thereof and are controlled by damper valves 36which are of such lengths as to prohibit their being disposedtransversely of the bores of the elongated conduits 34 for the purposeof deflecting the air, when in an open position, whereby the heat fromthe coils 18 within the lower compartment or room will be conveyedupwardly through the openings 35 and deflected against the upper side ofthe lower valve and the lower side of the upper valve whereby the upperfloor or compartment will be heated.

Auxiliary or complemental elongated conduits 37, arranged adjacent therear walls of the building, are provided with single damper valves 38located adjacent the ceiling of the lowermost room or compartmentwhereby heat may be conveyed directly from the heating coils 18 to thecompartment 14 pursuant to the maintenance of I a predeterminedtemperature within the room.

upper room or compartment may be carried off from a point adjacent tothe floor level or at points adjacent the ceiling in the mannercontemplated for the lower floor. In this manner, both floors may bekept at the same temperature or radical temperatures according to theposition of the damper valves and the age and condition of the poultryupon the different floors. For instance, brooders may be operated uponthe lower floor and mature poultry may be housed within the uppercompartment. The two rooms below the housing 19 are utilized as feedingrooms whereby the atmosphere within the living quarters for the poultrywill not be rendered rancid by left-over or spoiled food. The foregoingcontention would be possible in cases where the rooms were excessivelyheated.

The partition 20 above the turbine ventilating element 23 carries a dome41 and the .assembly of which is supported in spaced relation to thehousing 19 proper by standards 42 which facilitates the exposing of thevanes 24 to the atmosphere.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having described the claimed is:

A ventilating system for poultry houses having multiple floors and aheat collecting and conveying compartment beneath the roof thereof,elongated conduits communicating with the lowermost room and the heatcollecting and conveying compartment, relatively short conduitsestablishing connection between the heat collecting and conveyingcompartment and the upper room, damper valves included within theconduits for controlling the flow of air therethrough from the rooms tothe mentioned compartment and between said rooms, and ventilatingmembers exteriorly mounted upon the poultry house and open at theirlower ends, the walls of the poultry house having transversely alignedinlet openings for establishing communication between the ventilatingmembers and rooms.

DELL H. WESLEY.

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